how about you ask about the reasons maybe that the old line is so embedded in the court that to remove it would remove too much wood to make it viable.

how about you take a look at the flooring Einstein and see if you can make it work. You come on deriding BSA but have you actually tried to work out the reasons that they would leave both lines there?

so who is half arsed? No it is easier to hop on here and shoot your mouth off without the facts as someone said higher up why don't your ring BSA and check first. But that maybe too easy for you too do.

What is "SHOULD OF BEEN" mate ? I am not very literate hence need help.

If the Breakers can't fix up their travesty of a court, which should be the premier floor in their whole country, then perhaps you should cut BSA some slack.

Oh and illiterate, in my experience trawling internet forums, most of the english speaking world types should of instead of should've. You're fighting a losing battle. Incorrect? Certainly. Annoying? Perhaps. Worth a sarcastic post? Probably not.

I was just over on the SA rollerhockey forum and they're all pretty chuffed their green lines have been retained.

I have also seen the new markings at port adelaide , its a joke . Old key and new three point line but hang on only the top of the three point line is regulation, the sides are the same as the old one, these should also be further out.. Guess close enough is good enough for bSA. And I don't want to hear the court is too small excuse to have all the new lines added. You can have a court that is half regulation and half joke.

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how about you ask about the reasons maybe that the old line is so embedded in the court that to remove it would remove too much wood to make it viable.
- the lines on the courts are marked into the top layer of wood. Come on its plywood. Even a light sand back and leave them faint would look a hell lot better.
- So whats the excuse for again not painting the side/base lines? They are now a off yellow colour not white anymore - justs looks bad.

how about you take a look at the flooring Einstein and see if you can make it work. You come on deriding BSA but have you actually tried to work out the reasons that they would leave both lines there?
- I can see how the new 3 point line has to travel up the sideline straight due to the width of the court. But why not do the new keyway? There is plenty of room to widen the keyway half a foot each way to make it a standard court?
- To do the new keyway - little sanding would be needed just paint over the old keyway and then varnish - this job went in the too hard basket.

FYI, its BA's recommendation that the old three point line be retained. It will be retained for under 14 competitions and potentially Under 16's from what i understand.

all that timber shooting from the ark

It'll kill the courts. Big problem and an expensive one to fix. Makes Southern's courts look terrific though - shame they didn't use a darker colour for the lines.

ANON - you forking over the dosh for these easy solutions you speak of? Currently, the changes have required no sanding - just new line markings, and varnish. The dollars quickly sky-rocket when you start sanding courts back. Or perhaps you'd volunteer to sand it back for free?

Don't get me wrong, it's a bad look, and those courts would have to be one of the worst surfaces I've played on, but basketball isn't exactly the sport that the governments are throwing funding at these days - they'd rather waste 50-something million to get one vote for the soccer world cup! They've dopne what they can with the resources they have.

Will the old keyways be a disadvantage to visiting teams (who play on it once a year) or the home team (who have to switch between old and new every second week)?